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1449
the birth of lorenzo de'medici
he ruled florence with his younger brother -
1454
Gutenberg prints the first bible
the books were either copied by hand or printed -
1473
Nicolas Copernicus publishes On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres
the books was published right before his death, argued that the earth moved across the heavens as one of the planets -
1492
Columbus discovers the new world
he led his 3 ships out the Spanish port his objective was to sell west until he reached Aisa -
1503
Leonardo de Vinci paints the Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa was the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, and the most parodied work of art -
1504
Michelangelo sculpts the David
Michelangelo used a slingshot to build the art because he was smaller than David -
1513
Niccolo Machiavelli writes The Prince
the book wasn't published until 1532 five years after his death -
1517
martin luther posts 95 theses in the door of castle church
martin nails a piece of paper on the church doors containing the revolutionary opinions that would begin the protestant reformation -
1534
founding of the Society of Jesus by Lgnatius of Loyola
a spanish solider turned priest, the first jesuitslgnatius and six students took vows of poverty and chastity and made plans to woek muslims -
1536
John Calvin publishes Institutes of the Christian Religion
Calvin published the first edition of one of the greatest religious works ever written -
1564
William Shakespeare is born
William is the best selling fiction author of all time -
Galileo invents a thermometer
invented a rudimentary water thermos cope which for the first time allowed temperature variations to be measured
